CONTENTS
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| THE WIND AMONG THE REEDS: | |
THE HOSTING OF THE SIDHE | [3] |
THE EVERLASTING VOICES | [4] |
THE MOODS | [4] |
THE LOVER TELLS OF THE ROSE IN HIS HEART | [5] |
THE HOST OF THE AIR | [6] |
THE FISHERMAN | [8] |
A CRADLE SONG | [9] |
INTO THE TWILIGHT | [10] |
THE SONG OF WANDERING AENGUS | [11] |
THE HEART OF THE WOMAN | [13] |
THE LOVER MOURNS FOR THE LOSS OF LOVE | [14] |
HE MOURNS FOR THE CHANGE THAT HAS COME UPON HIM AND HIS BELOVED AND LONGS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD | [15] |
HE BIDS HIS BELOVED BE AT PEACE | [17] |
HE REPROVES THE CURLEW | [18] |
HE REMEMBERS FORGOTTEN BEAUTY | [19] |
A POET TO HIS BELOVED | [20] |
HE GIVES HIS BELOVED CERTAIN RHYMES | [20] |
TO MY HEART, BIDDING IT HAVE NO FEAR | [21] |
THE CAP AND BELLS | [22] |
THE VALLEY OF THE BLACK PIG | [24] |
THE LOVER ASKS FORGIVENESS BECAUSE OF HIS MANY MOODS | [25] |
HE TELLS OF A VALLEY FULL OF LOVERS | [27] |
HE TELLS OF THE PERFECT BEAUTY | [28] |
HE HEARS THE CRY OF THE SEDGE | [28] |
HE THINKS OF THOSE WHO HAVE SPOKEN EVIL OF HIS BELOVED | [29] |
THE BLESSED | [30] |
THE SECRET ROSE | [32] |
MAID QUIET | [33] |
THE TRAVAIL OF PASSION | [34] |
THE LOVER PLEADS WITH HIS FRIEND FOR OLD FRIENDS | [35] |
A LOVER SPEAKS TO THE HEARERS OF HIS SONGS IN COMING DAYS | [36] |
THE POET PLEADS WITH THE ELEMENTAL POWERS | [37] |
HE WISHES HIS BELOVED WERE DEAD | [39] |
HE WISHES FOR THE CLOTHS OF HEAVEN | [39] |
HE THINKS OF HIS PAST GREATNESS WHEN A PART OF THE CONSTELLATIONS OF HEAVEN | [40] |
| THE OLD AGE OF QUEEN MAEVE | [41] |
| BAILE AND AILLINN | [51] |
| IN THE SEVEN WOODS: | |
IN THE SEVEN WOODS | [63] |
THE ARROW | [66] |
THE FOLLY OF BEING COMFORTED | [67] |
OLD MEMORY | [68] |
NEVER GIVE ALL THE HEART | [69] |
THE WITHERING OF THE BOUGHS | [70] |
ADAM’S CURSE | [72] |
RED HANRAHAN’S SONG ABOUT IRELAND | [74] |
THE OLD MEN ADMIRING THEMSELVES IN THE WATER | [75] |
UNDER THE MOON | [76] |
THE HOLLOW WOOD | [78] |
O DO NOT LOVE TOO LONG | [79] |
THE PLAYERS ASK FOR A BLESSING ON THE PSALTERIES AND ON THEMSELVES | [80] |
THE HAPPY TOWNLAND | [82] |
| EARLY POEMS. | |
| BALLADS AND LYRICS: | |
TO SOME I HAVE TALKED WITH BY THE FIRE. A DEDICATION TO A VOLUME OF EARLY POEMS | [89] |
THE SONG OF THE HAPPY SHEPHERD | [91] |
THE SAD SHEPHERD | [94] |
THE CLOAK, THE BOAT, AND THE SHOES | [96] |
ANASHUYA AND VIJAYA | [97] |
THE INDIAN UPON GOD | [103] |
THE INDIAN TO HIS LOVE | [105] |
THE FALLING OF THE LEAVES | [106] |
EPHEMERA | [107] |
THE MADNESS OF KING GOLL | [109] |
THE STOLEN CHILD | [113] |
TO AN ISLE IN THE WATER | [116] |
DOWN BY THE SALLEY GARDENS | [117] |
THE MEDITATION OF THE OLD FISHERMAN | [118] |
THE BALLAD OF FATHER O’HART | [119] |
THE BALLAD OF MOLL MAGEE | [121] |
THE BALLAD OF THE FOXHUNTER | [124] |
THE BALLAD OF FATHER GILLIGAN | [127] |
THE LAMENTATION OF THE OLD PENSIONER | [130] |
THE FIDDLER OF DOONEY | [131] |
THE DEDICATION TO A BOOK OF STORIES SELECTED FROM THE IRISH NOVELISTS | [132] |
| THE ROSE: | |
TO THE ROSE UPON THE ROOD OF TIME | [139] |
FERGUS AND THE DRUID | [141] |
THE DEATH OF CUCHULAIN | [144] |
THE ROSE OF THE WORLD | [149] |
THE ROSE OF PEACE | [150] |
THE ROSE OF BATTLE | [151] |
A FAERY SONG | [153] |
THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE | [154] |
A CRADLE SONG | [155] |
THE SONG OF THE OLD MOTHER | [156] |
THE PITY OF LOVE | [156] |
THE SORROW OF LOVE | [157] |
WHEN YOU ARE OLD | [158] |
THE WHITE BIRDS | [159] |
A DREAM OF DEATH | [161] |
A DREAM OF A BLESSED SPIRIT | [162] |
THE MAN WHO DREAMED OF FAERYLAND | [163] |
THE TWO TREES | [165] |
TO IRELAND IN THE COMING TIMES | [167] |
| THE WANDERINGS OF OISIN | [169] |
| NOTES | [227] |